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Author:

Sherwood, John Darrell, 1966-

Title:

Black sailor, white Navy : racial unrest in the fleet during the Vietnam War era / John Darrell Sherwood.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxiv, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--African Americans.
United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century.
United States.--Navy--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975
African American sailors--Social conditions--20th century.
African American sailors--History--History--20th century.
Protest movements--United States--History--20th century.
Racism--United States--History--20th century.
Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century.
Zumwalt, Elmo R.,--1920---Relations with African American sailors.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-330) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: storm warning -- The black sailor : chambermaid to the braid and nothing more -- Racial unrest strikes the Army and Marines -- The Zumwalt revolution -- Kitty Hawk : the pot begins to boil -- Blow off : the Kitty Hawl riot -- More unrest : the Hassayampa riot -- The sit-down strike on the Constellation -- Negotiations with the protestors : a comedy of errors -- The Hicks Subcommittee hearings : questions and motives -- Violence on nearly every ship : race riots after Constellation -- The struggle to eliminate bias in the fleet -- From awareness to affirmation -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Navy ranks and ratings, 1970.

ISBN:

0814740367 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780814740361 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77504274

LCCN:

2006102458

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)